Pavel Urenko

Pavel Urenko (18 November 1882-19 June 1920) was a Major General of the Russian Army.

Biography
Urenko was born in the Province of Ural in the Russian Empire, and joined the army in 1904. During the Russo-Japanese War he fought as a Captain and was wounded fighting against Japan's general Nogi Maresuke in Port Arthur. In the aftermath of the war he took over the 18th Regiment of Foot in Irkutsk, held in reserve until World War I. With the start of the war in 1914 he was promoted to Colonel and commanded two regiments on the Eastern Front, fighting Germany in the Carpathians and Galicia. Captured in 1915, Urenko was later exchanged for a German officer and in the Brusilov Offensive of 1916 showed his flair for command.

In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Urenko was able to command his regiments under the government of Alexander Kerensky, who decided to launch the Kerensky Offensive in a last-ditch effort to save Russia from German and Austrian invasion. But instead, he was captured by the Red Army and his force surrendered at Minsk. Urenko died in Gulag 38B in Siberia.